Though I'm not usually interested in the universe, I find it interesting that the sun in this picture is more or less the same as depicted in the opening to Star Trek: TNG.
"Infineon Technologies, a major semiconductor productmaker, has helped develop an experimental jacket with an integrated MP3 player."
Upon reading this, my first thought was "If I had one of these things, I'd be sure to accidentally wash the damn thing and ruin it." On another note, couldn't you already just sew an mp3 player into any jacket? I don't see a huge amount of improvement here, and I really wonder why they bothered to include that into the article. Though, I can't say that I'd mind having one powered by body heat..
... to test out the rumored blocked sites when I was in Tian Jin (a city near Beijing) a few weeks ago. Well, there I found a netcafe, and got online for a few hours. Slashdot was definately accesible there, and IIRC google was accessible too. I forgot to get on those sites with "controversal" information, so I'm not sure. I didn't have the feeling that sites were blocked though... But the connection... you could expect it was pretty darn slow;-p
I've heard that some cybercafes have proxy servers or the access that doesn't have blocks on it.
"Actually it appears that you are under the mistaken belief that you "own" the computer operating system. You own nothing."
While the rest is flamebait, this is unfortunately true. All you own is a license to use the software, and they determine what the license entails. When you purchase the computer, you purchase a license to use the computer on an OEM system, which would in this case be Dell.
Like anything else, this has advantages and disadvantages:
Advantages might be:
If the cd breaks, hey no problem--you have a license so you're entitled to replacement media at little or no charge
Licenses usually come with technical support of some kind, in case the product is difficult to use.
Disadvantages though, could be:
You are not entitled to do whatever you want with the software, since you don't own it
Companies don't always replace the media for older products and instead suggest that you foot the bill out of pocket.
The company can sometimes, revoke the license according to terms in the EULA (if that is enforcable anyway), leaving you without permission to use the software
The company can put nasty clauses into the EULA and since you don't own the software, you can only agree with it or return the product.
In the case of Apple, they own the software, have determined that they want to allow it to work with a particular DVD drive (theirs) which isn't all that unreasonable. I don't agree with them using the DCMA to enforce it, but they can do whatever they want to with their software.
A decent analogy would be if you pay for a ticket to go to the circus. The ticket's license allows one to enter the circus. If you try to bring fifty people in (without their licenses to enter), then of course they will kick you out. It isn't in the interest of their business to allow fifty free admissions. Why would it be in the interest of apple to allow it to work with other dvd burners. We're not talking about them destroying your hardware here.
..buy some pads, some USB convertors, and practice up..
Hey! Don't forget that some USB converters don't work properly with DDR simulators because they handle the axes as one instead of as buttons, thus preventing most play. Of course, you can always build the parallel port interface and get the drivers for the pad here. I suggest the NTPAD XP, regardless of whether or not you have Windows 2000 or XP. If you're still using 9x, you'll want to get the directpadpro 5.0 drivers, though be aware that they take some tweaking.
I thought that this was a bit interesting. It's a shame that they didn't release the source code for it so that you could use it in a script to check for security vulnerabilities on end-user systems.
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Installed, but not enabled.
Oh, it is indeed installed and enabled. NetBios is the protocol used for windows machines to acquire each others ip addresses and names without using DNS.
I've had some serious issues with complex word documents written in RTF format and moving them between Word and Openoffice. Specifically, my footnotes and headers disappeared along with some tables..
Sure, it comes from tuition, but I bet it's even cheaper because MS realized that some people already have it and some won't get it, so the poor saps who don't take advantage of it are helping me pay for my software.:)
Actually, that really pisses me off that I have to pay for Microsoft software on my fee statement, even though I'm using all open source software on my machine. Why the hell should I have to pay for other people getting software that I don't want? They add insult to injury by charging me for the media in addition to the fees.
After reading your FAQ about how you are currently limiting your connection speeds to 206 kbps to avoid passing costs to your customers. Since you are hosting your own web site, how do you plan to deal with the spike of bandwidth to your site without passing great costs to the others in RR?
Sadly once the spammer knows this method's being used, he'll start chucking in obscure (but valid) words... ah well, maybe at least spanm will start getting interesting to read, assuming the spammer tries to use the word in context.
With the number of people that use web-based e-mail, such as hotmail (which automatically loads images) I don't see it as completely unplausible for them to make an innocuous e-mail, set the color to FFFFFF and then load the spam as an image. Presto! You'd need OCR built into your spam filter in order to block it. Additionally, it's possible to easily confuse OCR by using a strange font or something like that.
While there would certainly be ways to filter it, and it isn't good for people they're likely targeting (can we say AOL dialup?), the smarter filters get, the stranger the spams will become.
Who knows, maybe we'll get a spam like "and so after breaking into this universities's smtp server, I sent you this e-mail, visit http://mypornosite.com..."
The tesla coil described in the page is not really of much practical use.
Given--it's not going to really hurt anybody, but I'm pretty sure anybody thinking about touching your stuff would probably be scared as hell if they saw that arcing towards them.
Actually, I'd like a device similar to this. How many times have you wanted to listen to some music loud, but can't disturb everyone else? I know I'd love this sucker.
I'm quite excited about this movie, because I really liked Perfect Blue. I suppose this is a strange coincidence, but I checked it out and watched it for the first time on Monday. I just hope that they don't price it unreasonably.
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Well, if this is what I'm imagining everyone thinks it is, microsoft is going to release a module for apache that allows ".NET" software to run with it.
Of course--and this is if they do that--this would mean that they aren't going to release it open source, and it's going to be buggy and full of security holes. But hey, don't customers love monopolies and proprietary technologies?
Perhaps a bit late to respond, but I'm a linux user coming from BSD. I like the ports system, it does indeed have more ports than gentoo does, and the kernel is indeed faster. However, some things simply don't work properly with FreeBSD, i.e. Nvidia kernel modules. I'm sure they're on the way, but I want them on my system now like everyone else. I like new software, ports is fairly quick but sometimes things nearly take forever to update. Last time I looked, vmware workstation still had version 2 in ports. Now, I can't really complain to the maintainters that much as they have their hands full porting things but I want certain software and I want it on my machine. Openoffice was still broken last time I checked, and before you go and say 'well why are you using that', let us not forget that you have to stay compatible with the people that use microsoft office crap. I want to be able to just grab something, compile it from source and have it run. Most of the time, this just doesn't happen with BSD. It's a great operating system, wonderful for servers and things, but not necessarily the desktop.
Actually, I know of a hack that someone came up with that allows internet explorer to properly use transparent pngs. Look and be amazed! Real browsers ignore the microsoft crap and render the png properly, and IE uses a directx filter to make the png transparent. See http://www.tidakada.com/ to see it in use.
Though I don't doubt that it will be very expensive upon release, that would be really nice for storing all of my mp3's and anime on one disc. I'm sure it would also be great for anyone doing video editing or any other space intensive task. I can't wait until it hits the consumer market and the prices begin to bottom out.
I hate having to manually install things myself, so I use gentoo linux with a nice bsd style fake ports system, so when I want to install gnome for example,
I just type "emerge gnome". Personally, I find that a lot simpler than waiting for that gui client to load up and then check through a bunch of boxes. The idea is simply great though. I think debian also has a lot of this, except that the packages are too often slightly out of date. When I ran red hat, the ximian red carpet was a godsend. Personally, I think it should come standard with red hat, for all those newbies who have trouble dealing with dependencies themselves.
*shrugs*
Just for the record, the last time I used FreeBSD, I found it to be one of the most stable and fast operating systems that I've ever used. The ports tree is updated quite often and damn, those ports maintainers port software quite quickly. However, I'm pretty impatient, and I want stuff upon release, so I'm using gentoo linux right now. I liked debian, but the updates to the software that I want to use when it's released was painfully slow. I suppose it all comes down to the need relating amount of stability vs. patience you have:)
It is almost impossible, in my experience, to connect a default SP1 install of win2k with IIS server running without it getting immediatly infected by a worm.
Is this still correct now?
It is indeed correct. Anyone who stays on top of their web server logs will see plenty of code red attacks every day. The fact that a default windows 2000 install is susceptable to it doesn't help. Personally, I don't want to keep up with all of the patches that IIS needs. Apache out of the box is secure enough. However, if you absolutely have to use IIS, make sure you burn SP2 along with the other updates to a cd beforehand and install them onto the machine before connecting it to the internet.
Well--I'm not advocating socialism, but I don't think any single entity (and a non-governmental one, at that) should have this degree of control of the the type of music that we listen to and what we are and aren't able to do with the content in which we have legally purchased licenses. Not to mention, what happens when you aren't part of RIAA's big scheme of things? You can't exactly depend on a file sharing service to help promote your music, as they keep shutting the damn things down.
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Though I'm not usually interested in the universe, I find it interesting that the sun in this picture is more or less the same as depicted in the opening to Star Trek: TNG.
"Infineon Technologies, a major semiconductor productmaker, has helped develop an experimental jacket with an integrated MP3 player."
Upon reading this, my first thought was "If I had one of these things, I'd be sure to accidentally wash the damn thing and ruin it." On another note, couldn't you already just sew an mp3 player into any jacket? I don't see a huge amount of improvement here, and I really wonder why they bothered to include that into the article. Though, I can't say that I'd mind having one powered by body heat..
I've heard that some cybercafes have proxy servers or the access that doesn't have blocks on it.
"Actually it appears that you are under the mistaken belief that you "own" the computer operating system. You own nothing."
While the rest is flamebait, this is unfortunately true. All you own is a license to use the software, and they determine what the license entails. When you purchase the computer, you purchase a license to use the computer on an OEM system, which would in this case be Dell.
Like anything else, this has advantages and disadvantages:
In the case of Apple, they own the software, have determined that they want to allow it to work with a particular DVD drive (theirs) which isn't all that unreasonable. I don't agree with them using the DCMA to enforce it, but they can do whatever they want to with their software.
A decent analogy would be if you pay for a ticket to go to the circus. The ticket's license allows one to enter the circus. If you try to bring fifty people in (without their licenses to enter), then of course they will kick you out. It isn't in the interest of their business to allow fifty free admissions. Why would it be in the interest of apple to allow it to work with other dvd burners. We're not talking about them destroying your hardware here.
..buy some pads, some USB convertors, and practice up..
Hey! Don't forget that some USB converters don't work properly with DDR simulators because they handle the axes as one instead of as buttons, thus preventing most play. Of course, you can always build the parallel port interface and get the drivers for the pad here. I suggest the NTPAD XP, regardless of whether or not you have Windows 2000 or XP. If you're still using 9x, you'll want to get the directpadpro 5.0 drivers, though be aware that they take some tweaking.I thought that this was a bit interesting. It's a shame that they didn't release the source code for it so that you could use it in a script to check for security vulnerabilities on end-user systems.
Installed, but not enabled.
Oh, it is indeed installed and enabled. NetBios is the protocol used for windows machines to acquire each others ip addresses and names without using DNS.
I've had some serious issues with complex word documents written in RTF format and moving them between Word and Openoffice. Specifically, my footnotes and headers disappeared along with some tables..
Sure, it comes from tuition, but I bet it's even cheaper because MS realized that some people already have it and some won't get it, so the poor saps who don't take advantage of it are helping me pay for my software. :)
Actually, that really pisses me off that I have to pay for Microsoft software on my fee statement, even though I'm using all open source software on my machine. Why the hell should I have to pay for other people getting software that I don't want? They add insult to injury by charging me for the media in addition to the fees.
Now that you mention it, here are vonage's prices for long distance calls to japan using their VoIP service:
JAPAN 81 $0.09
JAPAN - Mobile 8110, 8120, 8130, 8140, 8160, 8170, 8180, 8190, 81090, 81110, 81113 - 9, 810770, 818150 $0.25
JAPAN - Osaka 816 $0.08
JAPAN - Sapporo8111 $0.09
JAPAN - FAX, MODEM, and/or Cellular combined 8131, 8161, 81171, 81177 $0.23 JAPAN - Tokyo 813 $0.08
That sounds awesome, do you have a page detailing the software that you use for that?
After reading your FAQ about how you are currently limiting your connection speeds to 206 kbps to avoid passing costs to your customers. Since you are hosting your own web site, how do you plan to deal with the spike of bandwidth to your site without passing great costs to the others in RR?
With the number of people that use web-based e-mail, such as hotmail (which automatically loads images) I don't see it as completely unplausible for them to make an innocuous e-mail, set the color to FFFFFF and then load the spam as an image. Presto! You'd need OCR built into your spam filter in order to block it. Additionally, it's possible to easily confuse OCR by using a strange font or something like that.
While there would certainly be ways to filter it, and it isn't good for people they're likely targeting (can we say AOL dialup?), the smarter filters get, the stranger the spams will become.
Who knows, maybe we'll get a spam like "and so after breaking into this universities's smtp server, I sent you this e-mail, visit http://mypornosite.com..."
Given--it's not going to really hurt anybody, but I'm pretty sure anybody thinking about touching your stuff would probably be scared as hell if they saw that arcing towards them.
Actually, I'd like a device similar to this. How many times have you wanted to listen to some music loud, but can't disturb everyone else? I know I'd love this sucker.
I'm quite excited about this movie, because I really liked Perfect Blue. I suppose this is a strange coincidence, but I checked it out and watched it for the first time on Monday. I just hope that they don't price it unreasonably.
Well, if this is what I'm imagining everyone thinks it is, microsoft is going to release a module for apache that allows ".NET" software to run with it. Of course--and this is if they do that--this would mean that they aren't going to release it open source, and it's going to be buggy and full of security holes. But hey, don't customers love monopolies and proprietary technologies?
Perhaps a bit late to respond, but I'm a linux user coming from BSD. I like the ports system, it does indeed have more ports than gentoo does, and the kernel is indeed faster. However, some things simply don't work properly with FreeBSD, i.e. Nvidia kernel modules. I'm sure they're on the way, but I want them on my system now like everyone else. I like new software, ports is fairly quick but sometimes things nearly take forever to update. Last time I looked, vmware workstation still had version 2 in ports. Now, I can't really complain to the maintainters that much as they have their hands full porting things but I want certain software and I want it on my machine. Openoffice was still broken last time I checked, and before you go and say 'well why are you using that', let us not forget that you have to stay compatible with the people that use microsoft office crap. I want to be able to just grab something, compile it from source and have it run. Most of the time, this just doesn't happen with BSD. It's a great operating system, wonderful for servers and things, but not necessarily the desktop.
blah, I forgot that slashdot takes out the html, just look at http://www.tidakada.com/ for the details--I didn't do it, but I wish I had.
Actually, I know of a hack that someone came up with that allows internet explorer to properly use transparent pngs. Look and be amazed! Real browsers ignore the microsoft crap and render the png properly, and IE uses a directx filter to make the png transparent. See http://www.tidakada.com/ to see it in use.
Though I don't doubt that it will be very expensive upon release, that would be really nice for storing all of my mp3's and anime on one disc. I'm sure it would also be great for anyone doing video editing or any other space intensive task. I can't wait until it hits the consumer market and the prices begin to bottom out.
I hate having to manually install things myself, so I use gentoo linux with a nice bsd style fake ports system, so when I want to install gnome for example, I just type "emerge gnome". Personally, I find that a lot simpler than waiting for that gui client to load up and then check through a bunch of boxes. The idea is simply great though. I think debian also has a lot of this, except that the packages are too often slightly out of date. When I ran red hat, the ximian red carpet was a godsend. Personally, I think it should come standard with red hat, for all those newbies who have trouble dealing with dependencies themselves.
*shrugs* Just for the record, the last time I used FreeBSD, I found it to be one of the most stable and fast operating systems that I've ever used. The ports tree is updated quite often and damn, those ports maintainers port software quite quickly. However, I'm pretty impatient, and I want stuff upon release, so I'm using gentoo linux right now. I liked debian, but the updates to the software that I want to use when it's released was painfully slow. I suppose it all comes down to the need relating amount of stability vs. patience you have :)
Is this still correct now?
It is indeed correct. Anyone who stays on top of their web server logs will see plenty of code red attacks every day. The fact that a default windows 2000 install is susceptable to it doesn't help. Personally, I don't want to keep up with all of the patches that IIS needs. Apache out of the box is secure enough. However, if you absolutely have to use IIS, make sure you burn SP2 along with the other updates to a cd beforehand and install them onto the machine before connecting it to the internet.
Well--I'm not advocating socialism, but I don't think any single entity (and a non-governmental one, at that) should have this degree of control of the the type of music that we listen to and what we are and aren't able to do with the content in which we have legally purchased licenses. Not to mention, what happens when you aren't part of RIAA's big scheme of things? You can't exactly depend on a file sharing service to help promote your music, as they keep shutting the damn things down.